Birmingham vs Reading

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🕒 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:45 Europe/London 📍 Unknown Venue 499 🧑‍⚖️ Tony Harrington 🔁 Regular Season - 14 🏁 match finished
Season
2018-2019 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 14
Regular Season Table
Birmingham 14 · Reading 20
Referee Stats
25 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 64%
Draws 16%
Away wins 20%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (14-11).
  • Reading controlled possession (69%).
  • Reading had the sharper finishing (5-7 shots on target).

Team Overview

Birmingham (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 7-11-5

Goals For / Against

31 / 24
Avg: 1.35 / 1.04

Points

32
Avg: 1.39

Clean Sheets

7

Failed to Score

7
Reading (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 2-11-10

Goals For / Against

20 / 35
Avg: 0.87 / 1.52

Points

17
Avg: 0.74

Clean Sheets

4

Failed to Score

9

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.39
PPG
0.74
1.35
GF
0.87
1.04
GA
1.52
43%
O2.5
48%
52%
BTTS
61%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Birmingham rank14th
Reading rank20th
Birmingham points61
Reading points47
Birmingham: #14 · 61 pts · GD +6
28 pts off the top 2. 9 pts off the play-off line. 17 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Reading: #20 · 47 pts · GD -17
42 pts off the top 2. 23 pts off the play-off line. 3 pts clear of the relegation zone.
14-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Birmingham last 5 home

D D D W L
Points6/15
Weighted index40
Goals5-6
Record1-3-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Reading last 5 away

L D D L D
Points3/15
Weighted index18
Goals5-8
Record0-3-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Birmingham trend breakdown

Over 2.543%
BTTS52%
BTTS + O2.539%
1H Over 0.548%
Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 0%

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.548%
BTTS61%
BTTS + O2.543%
1H Over 0.552%
Also: Over 0.5 83% · Over 1.5 70% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Birmingham score at home70%
Birmingham clean sheet at home30%
Reading score away61%
Reading clean sheet away17%

First-goal patterns

Birmingham score first0%
Birmingham win after scoring first0%
Reading score first0%
Reading win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Birmingham 0% · Reading 0%

Vs league average

Birmingham score at home1.35 vs 1.51
Birmingham concede at home1.04 vs 1.15
Reading score away0.87 vs 1.15
Reading concede away1.52 vs 1.51
Birmingham score 11% below league average, while Reading score 25% below league average.
Defensive side: Birmingham are 10% below league average at home, and Reading are level with league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals3.20
BTTS100%
Over 2.580%
At this venue setup: 3.20 goals on average across the last 5.

Birmingham goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Reading goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
5
7
Total Shots
14
11
Shots off Goal
7
1
Blocked Shots
2
3
Shots Inside Box
10
4
Shots Outside Box
4
7
Ball Possession
31%
69%
Corner Kicks
7
8
Fouls
11
8
Offsides
4
1
Yellow Cards
1
2
Red Cards
0
0
Goalkeeper Saves
6
3
Total Passes
256
570
Passes Accurate
161
469
Passes %
63%
82%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games14
Home Wins7
Draws3
Away Wins4
Over 2.5 Goals7 (50.0%)
BTTS8 (57.1%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games7
Home Wins4
Draws0
Away Wins3
Over 2.5 Goals5 (71.4%)
BTTS5 (71.4%)

Birmingham vs Reading Head-to-Head History by Season